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Head of the infamous Alucard vampire family, Rachel has spent countless years watching as the world repeated the same 100 years over and over. However, the world has finally broken free of the bonds that held it for so long, and Rachel is determined to put an end to Terumi with her own hands.

In the BlazBlue universe, Rachel is an extremely powerful individual, controlling wind and lightning. While she will rarely directly interfere with the events that surround Kagutsuchi, her primary goal is as an observer, and gently (or less so) nudges the pieces into their places. She has several servants under her command; Nago, a cat familiar, and Gii, a bat familiar, which serve as her weapons, furniture, and anger relief. Her butler, Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, is also notable for being a werewolf, as well as one of the Six Heroes.

Height: 4'7"

Weight: 68 lbs

Blood Type: Unknown

Birthday: October 31

Birthplace: Transylvania

Hobby: Teatime

Likes: Sweet things

Dislikes: Being bored, bell peppers, tomato juice

Contents

• Gameplay Summary
• Move List
• Tips
• Further Reading
  
  
  Gameplay Summary
  
  Health: 11000
  Guard Primers: 4
  
  Rachel is a very unique character who specializes in keeping her opponent at a distance with a variety of projectiles and traps that make it difficult for opponents to approach her safely. She is also extremely effective at keeping the opponent in the corner, and has very intimidating corner mix-up. Her Drive, Sylpheed, makes her one of the most mobile characters in the game.
  
  On the flip side, Rachel has very few ways to escape pressure, a very fat OTG hitbox, and most of her normals have fairly short range. She is definitely not a beginner level character and her play style may prove difficult to learn for people new to fighting games.
  
  However, her unique play style and charm cannot be found anywhere else in BlazBlue. With a little patience and perseverance, she can be one of the most exciting and fun characters to play.
  
  
  Move List
  
  Sylpheed: Any Direction+
  Rachel's Drive summons a gust of wind that pushes in the direction pressed. Wind is held in the Sylpheed Gauge above Rachel's heat bar. There are 4 Wind Stocks; using her Drive will consume 1 stock. Consumed wind will regenerate slowly while Rachel is on the ground.
  
  This wind does a variety of things:
  • Affects Rachel's movement greatly.
  • Affects opponent's movement slightly.
  • Affects the movement of Tiny Lobelia, Impish Gypsophilia, and George the XIII.

   

  You can use the wind at any time that Rachel is not being hit or blocking.

   

   

  Special Moves

  Tiny Lobelia - +:abt:/:bbt:/:cbt: (can be used mid-air)

  Rachel launches a seed projectile, which will turn into a rod upon hitting the ground/opponent. The trajectory depends on the button pressed; A fires the lowest, B fires somewhat upwards, C fires even higher. In the air, this is reversed; A fires the highest, and C fires the lowest.

   

  A maximum of 3 rods can be placed at once, with the oldest disappearing if more are placed.

   

  Sword Iris - + (can be used mid-air)

  The rods placed by Tiny Lobelia are struck by lightning, damaging the opponent and shocking them on hit. Extends to the entire height of the screen. Seeds that have hit the opponent but not turned into visual rods yet will also be struck.

   

  Impish Gypsophilia - + (can be used mid-air)

  Summons a flying pumpkin in front of Rachel. The pumpkin is inactive until pushed by Sylpheed, at which point it becomes a flying projectile that will hit the opponent. Will disappear after it's hit the opponent 3 times, if Rachel blocks or takes a hit, or after 3 seconds have passed without being winded.

   

  This is used mostly to approach the opponent safely or pressure them at a distance, usually in conjunction with George. In CS2, pumpkin travels much faster and farther.

   

  George the XIII - + (can be used mid-air)

  Summons a frog in front of Rachel. George will slowly crawl towards the direction of the opponent, and can be pushed towards the enemy with Sylpheed. Upon contact, George will start shocking the opponent (8 hits total). George will disappear if Rachel is hit by an attack, if it takes 700+ damage, or after 9 seconds have passed. If George becomes active, when he disappears Rachel must wait 2 seconds before she can summon George again (indicated by a Frog gauge that appears).

   

  George is one of Rachel's most important tools. An opponent blocking or getting hit by George is one ripe for mix-up/combos. On the defensive, if George is active, Rachel can wind him towards her to escape block strings and punish overzealous opponents. He's also great to throw out after a knockdown, and contributes heavily to Rachel's corner game.

   

  Beelze Lotus - :d:+ (can be used mid-air)

  Transforms Rachel's rods into bats that track to the opponent. If they touch the opponent (hit or block), all wind effects will be increased against the opponent. Useful for combos and controlling space.

   

  Barrel Lotus - :d:+ (can be used mid-air)

  Transforms Rachel's rods into bats that track to the opponent. If they touch the opponent (hit or block), Rachel's 5D will home in on the opponent. Allows Rachel to move with wind in directions that are normally not available to her.

   

   

  Distortion Drives & Astral Heat

  Baden Baden Lily - + (can be used mid-air)

  A bigger, badder, stronger version of Sword Iris. In addition to striking all Lobelia rods, lightning also surrounds Rachel, essentially turning herself into one.

   

  Corner combos in CP often involve setting up multiple rods before comboing the opponent into a Baden Baden Lily for large amounts of damage.

   

  Tempest Dahlia - + (can be used mid-air)

  On use, Rachel summons gigantic projectiles from behind her that gust towards the opponent. The number and type of projectiles depend on how many winds Rachel had when she used the move; there are a total of five levels.

   

  Tempest Dahlia is used as a defensive DD. It is mainly used to stall for time or regain a lot of wind (ground version only). It can be used to punish opponents who are recklessly jumping or air dashing in, but (due to heavy proration on the last projectile) Rachel cannot get much damage from it.

   

  The closer Rachel's back is to the corner, the faster the projectiles will appear on screen. Also, once a projectile appears on screen, it's active frames are guaranteed.

   

  All versions are plus on block and Rachel is able to move while the super is still in progress. Thus, she can get in mix ups where both she and her opponent are obscured by King George or King Pumpkin.

   

  Clownish Calendula -

  Rachel's Astral Heat. She pulls down her umbrella and summons a giant pillar of red. Any contact the opponent makes with this pillar is game over for them. Guard point from the freeze until the end of the move. Wind can be used to the draw the opponent into the pillar. In CP, this move was made blockable, however it can now be combo'd into from a number of moves.

   

   

  Normals

  - Rachel slaps the opponent. Hits twice. Jump cancellable.

  - Rachel jabs with Nago's tail.

  - Rachel's cat uppercut. Has a short upper body guard point, and is a solid anti-air. Air unblockable.

  j. - Mid-air cat paw. Very fast and sneaky overhead.

   

  - Rachel summons a small vortex of wind in front of her. Air unblockable. Jump cancellable.

  - Similar to above. Must be blocked low.

  - Rachel swings back and stabs the opponent with a bat wing. Must be blocked high. Air unblockable.

  - Rachel stabs forward with a fork and knife. Longest normal, blows back on counter hit. Blow back is very useful for getting a safe summon. On normal hit can be used for mix up. Invaluable against Sledge happy Tagers. Jump cancellable. Air unblockable.

  j. - Rachel stabs with part of her dress. Must be blocked high. Part of her mix-up.

   

  - Short swordbrella stab. Fatal Counter. Air unblockable.

  * - Follow up to C (press C again). Second hit blows back opponent. Used in corner combos or to hit the opponent into the corner. Corner bounds. Air unblockable.

  - Rachel spins around in mid-air, hitting the opponent many times. Used with Sylpheed to push Rachel forward. With wind, can be cancelled into a super low to the ground j.2C. Rachel's only plus normal (+4).

  - Rachel spins on the ground. Sweep that hits 3 times. Must be blocked low. You can hold C for additional hits. Mostly used for a knockdown to set up Pumpkin or George, but is also used in mix up to combo into a BnB. Can be combo'd with wind.

  - Rachel's cat chair. Guard point for about half a second. Very important, very risky, very necessary at times. Can be used to escape pressure sometimes. Air unblockable.

  j. - Rachel's umbrella spikes. Must be blocked high. Pretty good air to air. If held, transitions into j.[]

  j.[] - Rachel sits upon a swing and slowly floats down. Slows descent, freely pushed by Sylpheed.

  j. - Rachel crashes down to the ground on a spiked platform. There are three different levels of this move:

   

  Level 1 - Standard hit.

  Level 2 - Bounces on hit.

  Level 3 - Bounces higher, fatal counter even on normal hit.

   

  The level is determined by Rachel's momentum and the opponent's momentum. You can increase this with 2D when coming down, with 8D while jumping upwards, or both. Due to being able to chain into normals on landing, j.2C is now used for a lot of things.

   

   

  Tips

   

   

  Further Reading

   

   

  [*][CP] Rachel Combo Thread

  [*][CP] Rachel Alucard Frame Data

  [*][CP] Rachel Video Thread

  [*][CP] Rachel International Videos + Critiques

   

   

BBCP 1.0 - 1.1 Combo Thread by Sakaku

Normals:

• 6A floats, even on ground hit and without wind. Float is low
• CH 6B on ground hit crumples. Crumple time is somewhere between CT and CS1. Can convert into a combo up close. Can't seem convert into a combo at max range currently without wind (?)
• CH 6B on air hit still blows back the opponent full screen and wall bounces
• j.C no longer launches grounded opponents when under the affect of 5D's wind
• j.2C is an overhead but a short starter

Drive:

• Wind recovers quite fast during OD.
• Wind regen is nerfed. 10 seconds to regen from 0 to 4. But, that's from 0 to 4. regen from 0 to 2 is much slower than in CPE. 7 seconds to go from 0 to 2 wind.
• Wind can regen a bit in the air but it happens at a slower rate

Specials:

• George shocks for a shorter amount of time
• George has no cooldown
• Pumpkin is gone ;.;
• New Special - Ivy Blossom
• Lotus has shorter reocvery, comes out faster. 
• B and C Lobelia seem to have less recovery (?)

Ivy Blossom:

• About a second after setting it, about 10 bats come out.
• Ivy blossom has no hitbox, but just by being near the opponent they will take life away.  
• You can use D to guide them towards the opponent, where the opponent will be unable to avoid the attack.
• If you hit with ivy blossom, the small bats follow them about
• If you use wind, bats spread out into a fan. 1 bat or 2 bats doesn't hurt very much. But if used in an oki position, it can hurt.
• No effect from more than 1 Ivy
• Ivy hurts quite a bit if all of the bats are on them
• Bats won't kill
• If you don't use wind, characters on top of Ivy (the cross thing), probably continually take 1 damage. (?)
• Overall duration is short - maybe 2/3 of Pumpkin
• Opponents touched by the bats take 100 damage regardless of guard. Instantly.

Distortions:

• Tempest Dahlia's Trajectory changed. It still comes out from the back of Rachel forward but it has a parabolic drop so that the projectiles drop in front of her. When done in the air, it arcs sharply downwards
• Wind regens quickly during Tempest Dahlia.

Misc:

• 5CC > Tempest Dahlia no longer connects 

So, in that vein, while this thread may not be as active as the other threads, feel free to grab some cake and a cup of tea and make some posts!

Also, as an introduction to playing Rachel, please take a look at this guide!

(thread title courtesy of tofurr, because I have no imagination~)

• JA still an overhead
• 6A floats even on ground hit (presumably without wind). Float is low. floats without wind, but barely. 6a>4b does not work - they'll touch the ground and tech first.
• Suspect that 6A's recovery remains the same.
• 6A untech seems to be reduced (?) - Seems to be conflicting reports on this one.
• 6A are reverted to CP1 status.
• 5B attack level 2, special untech time likely attached now
• 5B/2B level raised? 5C connects.
• Rachel's overhead forces crouch? (4B?)
• 4B>5CC gatling is still there
• CH 6B does not blow away, puts them in standing stagger state.
• 6B has spin-down effect on CH, but dash 5B would not connect. maybe it would on a perfect 0f dash 5b.
• 5C is slower.
• 5CC>6C gatling still exists
• JC untech reduced? maybe standing opponent only? does not float with 5D wind.
• J2C becomes an overhead right after startup, even without wind. with J2D it will become a very quick overhead. J2C>5a does connect on crouch, but there is a gap if they block it.
• J2C lv 2 startup slowed down
• 3C normal guard is -1, reverted to CP1 status.

Drive:

• Wind recovery is pretty fast regardless of remaining wind stock.
• Wind recovers quite fast during OD.
• Wind regen is nerfed. 10 seconds to regen from 0 to 4. But, that's from 0 to 4. regen from 0 to 2 is much slower than in CPE. 7 seconds to go from 0 to 2 wind.

Specials:

• George has no gauge anymore. but there's probably some kind of cooldown
• The time the frog isn't active due to being hit has been shortened.
• Lobelia startup is not guaranteed.
• suspected that 236B/C untech time is nerfed.
• 236C is reverted to CP1, doesn't go full screen.
• Lotus is unchanged, same effect as before
• Iris are still fast like in CPE.
• Pumpkin still gone.

Ivy Blossom:

• About a second after setting it, about 10 bats come out.
• Ivy blossom has no hitbox, but just by being near the opponent they will take life away.  
• You can use D to guide them towards the opponent, where the opponent will be unable to avoid the attack.
• If you hit with ivy blossom, the small bats follow them about
• If you use wind, bats spread out into a fan. 1 bat or 2 bats doesn't hurt very much. But if used in an oki position, it can hurt.
• No effect from more than 1 Ivy
• Ivy hurts quite a bit if all of the bats are on them
• Bats won't kill
• If you don't use wind, characters on top of Ivy (the cross thing), probably continually take 1 damage. (?)
• Overall duration is short - maybe 2/3 of Pumpkin
• Opponents touched by the bats take 100 damage regardless of guard. Instantly.
• If you have ivy set on someone and you use 2d, you'll do a raw 1000 damage per wind you use, instantly.
• Ivy is nerfed. you can't use 2D repeatedly to do damage anymore, and 1 D with it does about the same damage as a 5b.

Distortions:

• Dahlia has more cows? Dahlia comes from diagonally above. Probably won't hit at point blank?
• Dahlia up until super flash is the same, but after the super flash, stuff comes out from behind/above at an angle. charge moves, like hells fang can hit you on reaction. worst case scenario, someone like terumi might be able to run up and grab for free. N-O says it, and ivy are trash to never be used.
• Exceed - in normal status, guaranteed damage is probably about 800. Dunno bout active flow
• lili > exceed - connects. adding lili in doesn't do much damage.

Misc:

• OD's jump cancels on every normal has been removed
• 5CC>5A does not connect
• 3C> Frog> meaty 2A worked as usual.
• in the corner, you can combo with 5CC>8D.
• 5BD6C > doesn't float (presumably it is JC that doesn't float.
• 5B6A connected even on a JA starter with lots of moves inbetween (reason unknown)
• JAJB>5B6A>aerial finish possible
• 5B Could be fast. 5B5CDJC5B5C -> 5C doesn't connect
• all around, less float? lvl 2 j2C > 236B> 3C didn't connect, but 5B did. likely can get 3c to connect.
• JAB>5CC>8D>5B6A236A>6a4B>5CC works, but does not work if you did 5B5CC at the beginning.

Discuss the newest iteration of Rachel here. Speculation should be kept to a minimum as we are aiming to get as much solid information from the loketest gathered here. Information should not be taken as 100% accurate nor will it reflect the final changes Rachel will receive due to the nature of loketests.

Overdrive:

"Elf Lied" - Sylpheed Gauge recovery rate increased

New Moves:

Beruza Lotus - 22A / Barrel Lotus - 22B

Characters

• Rachel: Can transform rods into homing cat bats with a propeller in their belly. Seems like they work like the pumpkin in that way that they only have hitboxes while affected by Silpheed.
  

This is what I got from it.

-Once 22A/B is activated, bat will fly towards the opponent and circle around him.
-Once it actually hits (after spending some time spinning around the opponent I assume), it adds 1 to the hit counter but the hitstun is nearly nonexistent.
-Other players have said something about bats exploding but as he didn't know the conditions for it he couldn't confirm it
-Apparently you can actually have multiple bats on the field so it can get pretty annoying if they do explode, and put considerable pressure on the opponent.

• 4B is special cancellable
  6B is jump cancellable
  j.2C returns to being an overhead
  

This thread is for posting stuff from non-JPN players or stuff from users here. Videos can be posted to show progress, some general match up tips, or just to be flashy.

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Table of contents

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2. Midscreen combos

3. Corner combos

Notes

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If Jin has 25 meter, always make sure to block high after 6B until he lands, his new move j.214D allows him to do a relatively slow overhead as long as he is airborne.

Don't summon carelessly if he is sitting at 25 meter, as he can do a fullscreen D icecar to punish. Also, if you see it coming, make sure to block low. He can now manually add his 2nd hit, but it doesn't really seem to matter much. You can punish both with 5B and there is no gap inbetween the hits. Just time your 5B for when you'd punish the first hit. If he is going for his follow-up you'll automatically block it, still being able to punish with 5B.

Apparently his 2C is a much better anti air now. A mistimed fullscreen 236A punish can hurt.

The only ice swords he is able to do now are his horizontal ones (being 236A and j.236A), with the exception being his j.236D, shooting at about the same arc as his old j.236A. (Reference)

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Once Rachel is cornered, she has a hard time getting out.

Wind dashes are useful for punishing summons.

Some general tips I've gathered:

- His "WYVERN!" charging in move absorbs projectiles. Anticipate this during your zoning. Snipe it with 6B. Basically, treat it as if it's another sledge except he has to be in a certain stance to use it. DO NOT TEMPEST DAHLIA... you will be sad.

- His normals are insanely big. I find that playing patiently and making him whiff more effective than trying to go in all the time.

- Once you have him in the corner you are pretty much in control. It's very likely Kagura will DP out so just bait it with safe frog setup / pumpkin setups.

Her D Sonic Saber (only available in GA mode, consuming 1 stock) has a terrible durability. Any Lobelia or a mere pumpkin hit is enough to make it disappear.

We need to be careful when summoning George, as she can quickly teleport behind us for 2 stocks.

Izayoi struggles against airborne opponents.

We can 2C or 6A his blood scythe (214D) on reaction. Spacing is important though, if he is standing close enough (around our 2A range), the scythe will crossup, making 2C whiff. 6A still works, but can easily turn into a 5A if we aren't quick enough, netting him a FC combo.

Outside of that, 236A with wind is still the bane of his existence, especially if he is affected by B lotus.

He can still get rid of george rather easily with 3C.

Rejoice Rachel players, frog oki is legit.